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The Origin of Species

150th Anniversary Edition

150th Anniversary Edition

By Charles Darwin
Introduction by Julian Huxley

By Charles Darwin
Introduction by Julian Huxley

By Charles Darwin
Introduction by Julian Huxley

By Charles Darwin
Introduction by Julian Huxley

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    About The Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin’s classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world.

    Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the “survival of the fittest” stirred up popular debate to fever pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science.

    As Sir Julian Huxley, the noted biologist, points out in his illuminating introduction, the importance of Darwin’s contribution to modern scientific knowledge is almost impossible to evaluate: “a truly great book, one which can still be read with profit by professional biologist.”

    Includes an Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley

    About The Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin’s classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world.

    Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the “survival of the fittest” stirred up popular debate to fever pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science.

    As Sir Julian Huxley, the noted biologist, points out in his illuminating introduction, the importance of Darwin’s contribution to modern scientific knowledge is almost impossible to evaluate: “a truly great book, one which can still be read with profit by professional biologist.”

    Includes an Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley

    Read An Excerpt

    Also by Charles Darwin

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    Also by Charles Darwin

    On the Origin of Species
    The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
    The Descent of Man
    On Natural Selection
    The Descent of Man
    See all books by Charles Darwin

    About Charles Darwin

    Charles Robert Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England, to a wealthy intellectual family, his grandfather being the famous physician Erasmus Darwin. At Cambridge University he formed a friendship with J. S. Henslow, a professor of botany, and that… More about Charles Darwin

    About Charles Darwin

    Charles Robert Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England, to a wealthy intellectual family, his grandfather being the famous physician Erasmus Darwin. At Cambridge University he formed a friendship with J. S. Henslow, a professor of botany, and that… More about Charles Darwin

    Product Details

    Category: Science | Nonfiction Classics

    Mass Market Paperback | $6.95
    Published by Signet
    Sep 02, 2003 | 576 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780451529060

    Category: Science | Nonfiction Classics

    Ebook | $1.99
    Published by Signet
    Sep 02, 2003 | 576 Pages | ISBN 9781101126752
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    Praise

    “Next to the Bible no work has been quite as influential, in virtually every aspect of human thought, as The Origin of Species.”—Ashley Montagu

    “Darwin was one of history’s towering geniuses and ranks with the greatest heroes of man’s intellectual progress.”—George Gaylord Simpson in The Meaning of Evolution

    “It is clear that here is one of the most important contributions ever made to philosophic science; and it is at least behooving on scientists, in the light of the accumulation of evidence which the author has summoned in support of his theory, to reconsider the grounds on which their present doctrine of the origin of species is based.”—The New York Times

    “Amazingly, 150 years after the publication of The Origin of Species, Darwin’s seminal work on the theory of evolution remains the authoritative tract on the subject.”—Library Journal 

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